Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-25


of Billy (2:30) and Mike q 1881. He
also got the dam of Charley Wilkes,
which won record of 2 $50 in the third
heat of race when two-year-old.
The season he was ten years old Pilot
Jr. got Santa Maria, the dam of Hylas
(2:A 1-2) and Billy Hoskins (2:26 II
Three years later, in 1857, he got Dixie,
which, after making record of 2 80,
was put to breeding and produced Dixie
Sprague (2:25 LIZ. His services in
1858 resulted in the trotters Bull Run,
which placed to his credit wagon record
of 2 32 81; Tackey, which scored rec
ord of 2:26, and afterward produced
Naiad Queen q: 30 1-4.) Pilot Temple
(2:24 Ia and Waterwitch, the dam of
Mambrno Gift (2:20), Scotland (2;22
1-2), and Viking 2:24 III were also got
during the season of 1858.
The following year the only one of note
got by Pilot Jr. was the trotter Gen. Sher-
man (2:2S 81 and in 1860 the most dis
tinguished of his produce was Crop, the
dam of Blanche Amory g :2G) and Code
q :2G l-2). The seasons service of 1861
resulted in the broodmare Diana, the dam
of Lady kelso (2:29) and Geo. a. Aver
g 800. The season of 1862 proved the
most successful of his life in point of
numbers, resulting in the trotters Tattler
q: 2G), and Queen of the West q :26l-D,
the stallion Bayard, whose success as IA
speed producer is far superior to any
other of his sons, the stallion Roscoe,
sire of Black Pilot ESQ, which in turn
got Pilot Knox cas- 80. Tattler g :26)
also got indianapolis (2:2l and Noltaire
(2:2l) both of which are dead. 1t was
during this season also that he got Min
erva and Dahlia. The former was the
dam of Meander (2:26 l-2), by Belmont.
and Nugget 2:2G 80, by Wedgewood
(2:l9), while the latter produced Dacia
@ 20 l-2), by Woodford Mambrino.
The only distinguished animal result
ing from the seasons service of 1863 was
Pilot Duroc. sire of Big John (2:4 -.
During his last seasons service. that of
1864, he got WOODBURY. Pilot, sire of
Nladimer @ Us 3-4.) The dam of Wood
burn Pilot was a gray mare. got by
Mambrino Chief, from daughter of the
bottom. WOODBURY. was black. 1G hand
horse, at one time owned by +. :. Wads-
worth, Chicago. who sold him in 1871 to
the Vermont Horse Stock company for
$4,000. During the same season that
the above horses was produced Pilot
.Jr. got the celebrated mares Miss Russell
and Midnight, dams of the world-renowed
Maud :. (20 80 and Jay-Eye-See
(2:l0). Miss Russell also produced Nut
wood (2:lS34) and Cora Belmont
/ (2:2 l-2). both by Belmont. Nutwood
is now credited with eight , 80 perform
ers. five of which have been added to the
circle during the present season. Mid
night is also the dam of \oontide @ 20
-. by Harold.
named, eleven others have appeared upoi
the turf, nine of which have proved win
ners. viz: Bolly Lewis q :301-2 and t.
saddle , 30, Volunteer @ :32 -. Pilot
Mambrino q 30, IIymen q 80, Bayart
/ (2:40 l-2), Emma Coons 2:4D, AleXan
der's bay stallion ESD, Alexander
chestnut stallion @ 80 l-2), and Ethel
bert @ ;02 l-2). The two that did no
succeed in winning were Hermit anC
Jerry Morgan. Out of twenty that star
ted III public races only one in ten failet
to wilma wonderfully large percentage
of successful turf performers. 1t is {
remarkable fact, considering his ancestry
on both sides, that among all his decend
ants to the close of last season not
single PAGER of note could be found, ant
among all his get not a single pacing sol
or daughter ever started in a public
race.
The popularity of Pilot ,Jr. as sire il
due largely to the wonderful success o.
his daughters as speed-producing dams
Eight of his get succeeded in beating 80
and another is credited with Wagon
record of = 1924. At the close of las
season six of his sons were credited will
twelve , 80 performers, five of which
were got by Bayard, while twelve of hi
daughters have produced twenty-on,
trotters that have helped swell the , 30
list, including Maud ). pos 80 anC
Jay-Eye-See (2:l0), the fastest mare anC
the fastest trotting gelding that the worlC
has yet Observation-Disclosures.
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